NAPIER, New Zealand (Reuters) - Teenage pace bowler Tim Southee made a dream start to his test career by capturing two early England wickets to put New Zealand on top at lunch on the first day of the third test on Saturday.

England were in deep trouble at 58 for four at the break, with Kevin Pietersen 43 not out and Paul Collingwood on one after the 19-year-old Southee had sparked a dramatic collapse on his debut.

Southee, replacing the injured Kyle Mills, trapped Michael Vaughan lbw for two with his 11th ball in test cricket and had Andrew Strauss well caught in the gully by Jamie How for a duck. New ball partner Chris Martin then bowled Alastair Cook for two from an inside edge to reduce England to four for three in the seventh over after winning the toss on the batter-friendly pitch at McLean Park.

Pietersen and Ian Bell set about resurrecting their side's innings by seeing off the opening pair, before Bell played a poor shot to a Grant Elliott long hop and hit it straight back to the debutant all-rounder to be dismissed for nine.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, the last teenager to make his test debut for New Zealand, was already extracting some turn from the placid pitch. The New Zealand players wore black armbands as a mark of respect for former captain Merv Wallace, who died on Friday aged 91.